Chapter 37 The Magic of Dessert
The term "snacks" became familiar to the Xiang family after Kagawa made rice flour cakes. According to ancient explanations, non-dinner foods can basically be regarded as snacks, such as the previous yam cakes and the later light cakes. Cream to ancient customs, "snacks" are eaten around three o'clock in the afternoon, but the family is either at work or at school at this time, so it is changed to after dinner.
I'm so full after dinner, can I still have some snacks? This was what Xiangchuan thought in his mind yesterday when he watched everyone at the dinner table finish a whole bowl of gnocchi and pancakes.
But at this time one hour after dinner last night, his father and Xiangqi were watching movies and TV series in the entertainment room. It happened that the 11th episode had just finished, and Xiangchuan asked the servant to take out the fruit cake made in the morning from the at the cake, which was almost as wide as a coffee table in diameter, Xiangchuan was still thinking about whether to save half of it until tomorrow and let Xiangxue take it to school as a snack during the afternoon recess.
As a result, less than a quarter of the twelve-inch cake was left in the end. Kagawa stared at his mother and Xiangxue with wide-eyed eyes. Most of the three-quarters of the cake that was wiped out were unknowingly. It was eaten by two people.
"Sister, you eat really slowly. If you don't eat faster, I will eat it."
At that time, Xiangxue saw Xiangchuan holding a fork and looking at her motionlessly, thinking she was in a daze, so she urged her to eat quickly, and couldn't help but look at the remaining cake.
"I'll save it for tomorrow morning."
Kagawa couldn't help but ask the servant to put the remaining cake on a small plate and send it to the refrigerator.
Why are my mother and sister so good at eating? ! After eating three pieces, she felt that her belly was almost full!
Is this what the legendary "woman holds dessert in the other stomach"? ! Kagawa, who only treats sweets as an occasional craving, feels that he has opened a great door to his family.
After yesterday's "frightening" experience, Xiangchuan prepared more snacks than usual today. First, because there was an extra guest at home. Although I don't know if Qiu Manman used another stomach like her mother and others. Type of sweets, but it’s always good to prepare more. Secondly, because she walked around the school all afternoon and secretly took note of the decoration and equipment of many club activity rooms, which was a bit taxing, and she wanted to eat something sweet.
So when I was making dinner today, I asked the kitchen AI to prepare (by visual inspection) a 24-inch fruit cake and [-] cups of pudding, plus two large jugs of freshly squeezed apple juice.
Asking the servant to deliver half to the male group in the living room, she brought the other servant that split off to join everyone in the entertainment room.
The small porcelain bowl of pudding was placed upside down on several large plates. Xiangxue touched it with a fork curiously, making a sound of iron and porcelain clinking.
"Sister, is this really edible? It looks like a bowl."
"I'm not asking you to eat this bowl, I'm asking you to eat what's in the bowl."
Kagawa said with shame.
As she spoke, she gently lifted the small porcelain bowl, and before bringing it to the entertainment room, Kagawa put the pudding in the refrigerator to chill for a while, cooling down the temperature and making the egg liquid more solidified, so the small porcelain bowl felt a little cold to the touch.
As the small porcelain bowl was slowly lifted, the golden pudding hidden in the bowl gradually revealed its true appearance, and everyone, including the audience on the opposite side of the screen in the live broadcast room, held their breath.
Is this... food?
Under the porcelain bowl is a semicircular sphere, but it seems to be swaying like a semi-solidified liquid. There is a light brown covering on the top surface of the semicircle, and some liquid follows the curvature of the sphere. flowed down.
what is this? Everyone was stunned.
If we say that the large and small foods served in Kagawa before can still be called "solid food" or "solid food mixed with liquid".Then this can't be called a solid at all, it can only be a liquid, but compared to a solid, it looks like it has fluidity, and compared to a liquid, it has the stability similar to a solid.
Some parents in the audience touched their chins: it looked a bit like Kagawa used a small spoon to dig out a beautiful arc, which was safe and not sticky like glue.
"Servant, please pick up the other bowls. Everyone, try it. This is the new snack I made today, called pudding."
pudding?
The young audience recited it silently a few times in their hearts, and felt quite cute.
I saw Xiangchuan put the spoonful of pudding into his mouth, lifted the spoon lightly, and the pudding slipped into his mouth. The pudding was just made, not to mention the pudding made by steaming is very soft and tender, not yet chewed. After two careful bites, the pudding slipped into your throat.
Kagawa nodded: Well, as she thought, it will taste better after being frozen in the refrigerator for a while than just out of the pan.
Little did they know that this action shocked everyone: swallowed it directly? !No need to chew? !
Xiangxue couldn't help it at first, she picked up a small plate of pudding, and smelled it closely, it seemed that there was a bitter smell...? She tilted her head: Are there any bitter foods in ancient "dim sum"?The ancients were so strange.
Xiangxue didn't like bitter things, but her intuition told her that Xiangchuan would not cook anything she didn't like, so Xiangxue picked up the spoon, scooped out a small spoonful, and put it in her mouth.
The moment the pudding entered the mouth, the tender and soft taste and the sweetness of egg and milk were instantly caught by the tip of her tongue. She opened her eyes wide and swallowed subconsciously. The pudding slipped directly into her throat, leaving only a little sweet aftertaste in her mouth .
ah?She hasn't tasted it yet! Angry, Xiangxue took another spoonful, this time digging into the caramelized part. At the first bite, she guessed that the bitter taste came from the brown surface. Although she was afraid of the bitterness, Xiangxue still Choose to trust your gut.
After the caramel accompanied the pudding, it didn’t have the medicine-like bitterness that Xiangxue imagined. The sweetness of the pudding itself neutralized the bitterness, and the bitterness supported the sweetness of the custard pudding, and when you tasted it carefully, you could find that there was a different kind of flavor in the brown surface. Such sweetness.
The second mouthful of Xiangxue was held in my mouth, and it slid down my stomach within five seconds of savoring the third spoonful, the fourth spoonful...
After the plate of pudding was finished, Xiangxue came back to her senses.
She immediately threw down her spoon and plate and approached Xiangchuan: "Sister! This! This is so delicious! How could there be such a snack!"
Xiangxue was so excited that she was slurring her words, which caused a stir in the live broadcast room. Especially the female viewers were aroused. Some of them were Xiangxue's classmates. They had tasted the sugar triangle during the day and were immediately attracted by the sweetness. The sweet buns were captured. When they learned from Xiangxue that the snacks at Xiang's house were sweeter and more delicious than the sweet buns, everyone was eager to go to Xiangxue's house to eat.
Now, a pudding has come out that makes Xiangxue, who can control herself even when faced with cream cakes, couldn't help but beam with joy. How can the audience still hold back!
[Xiaoxue, please bring some to school tomorrow. I’ll just try one. 】
[You are so greedy, I only want one bite, one bite! 】
【Xiaoxue, let me have a sip and I will take notes for you all day tomorrow! 】
[Son, if you can bring one back tomorrow, I will buy you the latest terminal auxiliary machine. 】
There are a lot of people begging Xiangxue to bring Pudding to school. If you look carefully, you can find some different comments.
[Sister Xiaoxue, ask your sister to bring some copies to school tomorrow! 】
[Kagawa, can you see it?I’ll bring it to everyone to try tomorrow! 】
Qiu Manman bit her spoon and glanced at the comment area of Xiangxue's live broadcast room. She felt ashamed when she saw the names displayed on the live broadcast side (the audience windows were all nicknames): Isn't that so and so from our class? Why are they also in the live broadcast room? inside.
But think about it, after all, they are all affiliated schools of Demeter University, and the circle is so big.
(End of this chapter)